It all depends on how the client is going to wear their most of the time. I always ask if they want their hair or bangs cut to wear straight or to wear curly. Cut curly hair dry and do not pull. Let it hangs loosely in your fingers without much tension. If the client always wears it falt ironed then cut it that way. Howpe this helped.

I cut dry and curly, wet and curly, straightened...half an inch goes a long way. My bangs are cut between my lip and nose and raise up W/O blowdrying to my eyebrows. No curl, just alot of body. For The most part I pull the layers out so they separate and judge from that. I have also taken a few hairs from a section and cut as is, before I comb it out. I guess it just depends on the curls and how she/he wears its.

The thing about cutting curly hair is that it will show any inconsistencies is weight distribution (which will appear as a lump). So if your going to cut it wet or dry doesn't matter as long as you get the weight of your layering or graduation to match the hairs curl. Which is why cutting curly hair is so difficult and usually gets better as you learn their hair.

I personally cut the hair dry, flat ironed straight, then shampoo and check the cut wet for weight distribution and modify as needed.

When you cut hair flat ironed and dry you are using maximum tension.

There are a lot of people that will disagree with me when it come to using tension when cutting curly hair, but I've found from my experience that cutting curly hair flat ironed (using maximum tension) will deliver a stronger shape and will leave fewer lumps in the end result than cutting curly hair curly and using little or no tension.

Anonymous

cutting dry hairPosted: Sunday, December 19, 2004 6:07:43 AM

when I cut dry i cant see my guideline, does anyone have any suggestions?